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Airlander Airship Emerges From Hangar
LONDON—The first prototype of Hybrid Air Vehicles’
(HAV) Airlander 10 hybrid airship has emerged from its
hangar at Cardington, England, for the first time, marking
a significant step towards the craft’s return to flight.
The Airlander was pulled out of the giant hangars during the
early morning of August 6 and installed on its towable moving mast,
allowing the airship to weathervane nose into the wind. According
to HAV, the Airlander also has been fitted with shoes on its landing
skids to reduce wear and environmental impact.
The company is now preparing to begin the final ground tests
before its first flight, post rebuild. The target date for the flight has
not been announced.
The 302-ft.-long airship flew once before back in August 2012
under the U.S. Army’s Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle
(LEMV) program, which was cancelled in 2013. HAV then purchased
the aircraft from the Army and has reassembled it in Cardington as a prototype for a future family of hybrid airships.
The tests include full-power engine runs, electromagnetic interference
checks and what the company calls an overall vehicle systems
checkout.
HAV says the aircraft will be able to withstand wind speeds of up
to 85 kt while on the mast, making it resilient to most weather systems
that pass through the area.
“At the end of these tests the team will assess the need for either a
brief return to the hangar for final inspections or, subject to weather,
those inspections may be carried out on the mast,” the company says.
The company had hoped that the Airlander would have been ready
to make a series of fly-bys at last months Farnborough International
Airshow, however the company was unable to complete testing in time.
In April the company was granted permissions from both the
European Aviation Safety Agency and the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority
to conduct test flights. HAV says it now hopes to get government
support for a trial to “demonstrate the potential” of the aircraft; it
also wants to get further support from investors to fund some aspects
of the flight test program.
—Tony Osborne
(HAV) Airlander 10 hybrid airship has emerged from its
hangar at Cardington, England, for the first time, marking
a significant step towards the craft’s return to flight.
The Airlander was pulled out of the giant hangars during the
early morning of August 6 and installed on its towable moving mast,
allowing the airship to weathervane nose into the wind. According
to HAV, the Airlander also has been fitted with shoes on its landing
skids to reduce wear and environmental impact.
The company is now preparing to begin the final ground tests
before its first flight, post rebuild. The target date for the flight has
not been announced.
The 302-ft.-long airship flew once before back in August 2012
under the U.S. Army’s Long-Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle
(LEMV) program, which was cancelled in 2013. HAV then purchased
the aircraft from the Army and has reassembled it in Cardington as a prototype for a future family of hybrid airships.
The tests include full-power engine runs, electromagnetic interference
checks and what the company calls an overall vehicle systems
checkout.
HAV says the aircraft will be able to withstand wind speeds of up
to 85 kt while on the mast, making it resilient to most weather systems
that pass through the area.
“At the end of these tests the team will assess the need for either a
brief return to the hangar for final inspections or, subject to weather,
those inspections may be carried out on the mast,” the company says.
The company had hoped that the Airlander would have been ready
to make a series of fly-bys at last months Farnborough International
Airshow, however the company was unable to complete testing in time.
In April the company was granted permissions from both the
European Aviation Safety Agency and the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority
to conduct test flights. HAV says it now hopes to get government
support for a trial to “demonstrate the potential” of the aircraft; it
also wants to get further support from investors to fund some aspects
of the flight test program.
—Tony Osborne
Anyone here member of the Airlander Club? 
https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/airlander-club
"When you join the Airlander Club, you’ll receive the exclusive member gifts listed below, all carefully packed by Royal British Legion Industries.
Regular prize draws
When you join the Airlander Club, we’ll automatically enter you into a regular members’ prize draw and randomly select a winner to be gifted an exclusive prize. Recent prize offers have included:
cheers
https://www.hybridairvehicles.com/airlander-club
"When you join the Airlander Club, you’ll receive the exclusive member gifts listed below, all carefully packed by Royal British Legion Industries.
- a bespoke membership certificate, containing your name and the date of issue, together with the signatures of HAV Chief Test Pilot, CEO and Chairman
- a car sticker to take Airlander on the road and spread the word
- an exclusive 10 cm ‘squidgy’ model of Airlander 10
Regular prize draws
When you join the Airlander Club, we’ll automatically enter you into a regular members’ prize draw and randomly select a winner to be gifted an exclusive prize. Recent prize offers have included:
- a VIP visit to Hangar 1 for two
- tickets for two to fly Airlander on the Vector Airlander Flight Trainer
- a signed copy of Bear Grylls’ first thriller, starring our very own Airlander as the action hero
- a signed DVD from Airlander self-shoot film maker Dean Arnett
- First Flight Memorabilia and other merchandise
cheers
I predict that a new company called 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' will start at Cardington in 2020. They will claim that it can stay aloft for 16 weeks and give an all seeing eye to the battlefield for 25 hours a day. Here is the design artwork:
Simply send cheques payable for £400 to 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' (or CASH for short) and we'll send you a bumper sticker and guarantee a holiday home in Barbados for 2 weeks a year starting in 2045 (after we have wound up for bankruptcy).
LJ
Simply send cheques payable for £400 to 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' (or CASH for short) and we'll send you a bumper sticker and guarantee a holiday home in Barbados for 2 weeks a year starting in 2045 (after we have wound up for bankruptcy).
LJ
In all seriousness am thinking about donating 35 quid - hey I get a little wee model and can re play the classic WW1 theme of RFC shooting down Kaiser's finest airships but with one of my diecast collection of rotorcraft
Better still ask Evalu8tor what does he think of ACM between RW and air(less) ones
cheers
I predict that a new company called 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' will start at Cardington in 2020. They will claim that it can stay aloft for 16 weeks and give an all seeing eye to the battlefield for 25 hours a day. Here is the design artwork:
Simply send cheques payable for £400 to 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' (or CASH for short) and we'll send you a bumper sticker and guarantee a holiday home in Barbados for 2 weeks a year starting in 2045 (after we have wound up for bankruptcy).
LJ
Simply send cheques payable for £400 to 'Craft Air Surveillance Helium' (or CASH for short) and we'll send you a bumper sticker and guarantee a holiday home in Barbados for 2 weeks a year starting in 2045 (after we have wound up for bankruptcy).
LJ
in the Royal London-pay-to-wards-disposal-of-your-own-remains ad (which I find the graphics and the voice slightly creepy lol )cheers
I see the pointless gasbag has now grown some dorsal fin extensions....
A bit late for aerodynamic changes, isn't it?
I don't know what your 06:21 post showed, t43562 - all I see is a vertical black bar....
A bit late for aerodynamic changes, isn't it?
I don't know what your 06:21 post showed, t43562 - all I see is a vertical black bar....
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p.s. Upgrade your video player.
All my programs are supposed to update automatically, but over the last few days I haven't been able to view any videoclips embedded in PPRuNe posts using IE11.
Firefox seems OK though....
Firefox seems OK though....
BEags has made me think
and you Tourist - the magic words from the mouth of babes "upate automatically" - i wonder if to appease the naysayers, the cynics that Airlander will 'update automatically' Btw have you seen L-M come up with SPIDER repair system for their P-791
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86EAzvXrESg
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Same video problem here, BEagle (Mac/Safari, auto-updater).
Same with me. This has suddenly started happening the last few days with (I assume) embedded Youtube clips. Got me stumped. Windows 7 and IE11.
Thought it was my PC that had probs.
Thought it was my PC that had probs.